01264nas a2200157   4500008004100000020002000041245007700061210006900138260002700207300001400234490000700248520066400255653001500919100001900934856015300953       2015                        eng d  a07377037 (ISSN)00aVoices on the ground: : Kutiyattam, unesco, and the heritage of humanity0 aVoices on the ground Kutiyattam unesco and the heritage of human  c2015/12//MAY undefined  a157 - 1800 v523 aKutiyattam Sanskrit theater of Kerala state was recognized as India's first UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Looking back a decade later, how has UNESCO recognition impacted both the art and the lives of its artists? Based upon two years of ethnographic research from 2008-10 among Kutiyattam artists in Kerala, India, this essay follows the art's postrecognition trajectory through its increasing mediatization, institutionalization, and liberalization. Drawing on extended interviews with over fifty Kutiyattam actors, actresses, and drummers, it focuses on reclaiming the voices of affected artists on the ground.10aIndia (IN)1 aLowthorp, Leah  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938823341&doi=10.2979%2fjfolkrese.52.2-3.157&partnerID=40&md5=22fd4a5bcd6e68de9ca6e38d4a9ad77d